Chris Cuomo

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Chris Cuomo at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Christopher Charles "Chris" Cuomo (born August 9, 1970 in Queens , New York ) is an American television journalist . He is under contract with the news channel CNN , he is the presenter of the evening show Cuomo Prime Time .

Youth and education

Chris Cuomo's father Mario Cuomo (1932-2015), politician of the Democratic Party and from 1983 to 1994 Governor of the State of New York . His brother is Andrew Cuomo , also a Democratic Party politician and Governor of New York since January 1, 2011 . The family's ancestors come from Italy .

Chris Cuomo attended the Albany Academy, a private school in Albany, New York . He earned a bachelor's degree in the University of Yale and graduated in law as a JD from. He is a licensed attorney and worked as a lawyer for some time after graduating.

Journalist career

Cuomo began his journalistic career as a correspondent for Fox News and Fox Network . Then he moved to ABC .

There he was part of the news moderation team of Good Morning America from 2006 to 2009 , and from 2009 to 2013 he hosted the show 20/20 . After joining CNN, he hosted the daily, three-hour program New Day on CNN's morning program from 2013 to 2018 . Since June 2018 he took over the weekly one-hour show Cuomo Prime Time . Since September 2018 he has also hosted a two-hour radio broadcast on SiriusXM .

Personal

Cuomo has been married to Cristina Greeven Cuomo, who works for various glossy magazines, since 2001, and they have 3 children. The family lives in New York City.

On March 31, 2020, CNN announced that Cuomo had contracted the coronavirus as part of the COVID-19 pandemic and had been diagnosed with COVID-19 , but that he was continuing to work from quarantine at home .

Web links

Commons : Chris Cuomo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. CNN's Chris Cuomo to host live weekday show exclusively for SiriusXM . In: Hear & Now . September 19, 2018 ( siriusxm.com [accessed October 7, 2018]).
  2. Cristina Cuomo to launch glossy Hamptons magazine . In: New York Post . March 22, 2017 ( nypost.com [accessed October 6, 2018]).
  3. ^ Brian Stelter : CNN anchor Chris Cuomo diagnosed with coronavirus; he will continue working from home. In: cnn.com . Turner Broadcasting System , March 31, 2020, accessed March 31, 2020 .